Aaron wrote
> On my second bank, I checked two days ago and the queen had been
> released and way laying. I checked yesterday, the queen is gone and
> there were more than a few but less than a lot of capped emergency
> queen cells.
How long was the queen banked in the hive? There was work done by Graham
Kleinschmidt in Australia that showed that queen held in a bank (queenless
as I recall) were superceded after a short time if they were banked for more
than 28 days. Don't know why.
Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA